Death of Mount Vernon grocer Harel Estes at 64
Harel R. Estes a longtime Mt. Vernon grocer died at 11 10 a m Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a week as a patient He was 64 He lived at 1022 South 12th Street Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Myers Chapel with the Rev A B Clodfelder and the Rev Carl Whittington officiating Burial will be in Bethel Memorial Cemetery The body lies in state at Myers Chapel after 4 p m today Masonic services are at 7 p m He was Past Master of A F and A M No 91 and a member of Andrew D Webb Chapter A varsity player on Mt Vernon High School basketball teams of 1920 1921 He was born July 26 1901 in Jefferson County to John C Estes and Laura Bumpus Estes Married Laura E Davis December 15 1925 in Benton She survives with one daughter Cathryn Thornton Mt Vernon two sons Glenn B Estes Chicago Ridge Ill and Terry Estes Mt Vernon his mother Laura Estes Mt Vernon one brother Roy Estes Mt Vernon one sister Lucille Powers Mt Vernon and six grandchildren He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
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Harel R. Estes
Vernon Grocer
Good Samaritan Hospital
Estes
South 12Th Street
Myers Chapel
A. B. Clodfelder
Carl Whittington
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
John C
Laura
Bumpus)Estes
Benton
Laura E. Davis
Wesley Methodist Church
Mt Vernon Woman Dies Quietly in Chicago Home
Mrs Rosalie Fenski 83 longtime Mt Vernon area resident died at 9 00 pm Sunday after a heart attack at her Chicago home 1815 North Austin She was mother of Mrs Gertrude Severs of Mt Vernon and sister to several Nowakowski and Denofrio relatives She was born September 2 1882 in Nebraska and married to Stanley Fenski Funeral services held at Our Lady of Angels Chicago with burial in St Albert s cemetery Berwyn Friends may call Schubert Funeral Home Berwyn Illinois through Tuesday
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Rosalie Fenski
North Austin
Chicago
Gertrude Severs
Mt. Vernon
Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church
St. Albert’s Cemetery
Schubert Funeral Home
South Ridgeland
Berwyn
Ill
Fenski
Nebraska
Alex Nowakowski
Stanley Fenski
City
Bernice Swanon
Margaret Tropp
Vermont
Louise Schubert
Helen Kleina
Mary Rosalind
Rock Island
Rosalind Fenski
Steve Nowakowski
Frank Noe
Philip Denofrio
Martha Kay
Woodlawn
Viola Jackson Dies Suddenly Rites Pending
Viola Jackson 70 of 721 Bell street died Sunday night from an apparent heart attack while en route to Good Samaritan Hospital. She was wife of Rev. D. W. Jackson pastor of Pilgrim Rest Baptist church. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Born May 28, 1895 in Charleston Missouri. Survived by sister Lila Clark and uncle Albert Morten. She was a Pilgrim Rest Baptist member.
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Viola Jackson
Bell Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
D. W. Jackson
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
South Ninth Street
Parker Funeral Home
Jackson
Charleston
Bob and
Birdie (Morten) Titsworth
D. W
Charles French Funeral Tuesday At Wells Chapel
Funeral services for Charles French, 72, prominent farmer, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Wells Chapel, where he was a longtime member and deacon. The Rev. Dwight Rogers, Rev. Oakley Hargrave, and Rev. Merritt Strickland will officiate. Burial follows in the adjoining cemetery. Osborn Funeral Home in Dix is handling arrangements. friends may call. French died at 2:00 a.m. Saturday at his home north of Blueford.
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Charles French
Wells Chapel
Dwight Rogers
Xenia
Oakley Hargrave
Johnsonville
Merritt Strickland
Osborn
Dix
French
Bluford
Weather Summary for Here and Elsewhere
Saturday highs reach 13 and 6 below zero with calm winds. Sunday temperature climbs to 20 and 17 above. Rainfall accumulates 0.38 inches for the year to date. Sunrise and sunset times are 7 09 and 5 19 in CST.
Cold snap eases as Illinois forecasts light snow mix
Chicago area warms slightly from subzero readings but snow and a snow rain mix are probable tonight into Tuesday across parts of Illinois. Low temperatures fall to mid 20s to low 30s with central and southern sections seeing occasional precipitation. Southern Illinois remains 9 to 14 degrees below normal through Saturday as cold air returns midweek and again over the weekend.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Rockford
Moline
O’hare
Midway Airport
Peoria
Springfield
Paducah
Vandalia
Quincy
Belleville Y
St. Louis
Illinois
Gas explosion at Rock Island County Jail in Iowa
An explosion near midnight ripped through Rock Island County Jail in Davenport Iowa causing brick debris to fly but no injuries. Forty seven prisoners including three juveniles and two women were moved to city jails in Rock Island Moline and East Moline. Fire Chief Glen Ayres attributed the blast to a gas buildup in a boiler serving the jail and the nearby courthouse.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Iowa
Tock Island
Flock Island
Moine
East Moline
Glen Ayres
Chief Ayres
Two Deaths In Basement Fire in Cicero
A woman Elaine Hamilton 21 and her daughter Beverly Lynn 3 were killed in a basement apartment fire in Cicero TH on Sunday. Firemen found the bodies on the living room floor after nearly an hour fighting intense smoke and flames. Damage estimate and cause were unavailable.
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Cicero, TH
Elaine Hamilton
Beverly Lynn
Fire Destroys Buildings in Sheffield Indiana
Firemen from 11 nearby communities battled a $100,000 blaze that swept a downtown block in Sheffield. A cleaning shop and a garage were destroyed along with equipment and several vehicles. Discovered at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, crews contained the flames by 3 a.m. Sunday amid 15 below zero temperatures and icy hydrant breaks.
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Sheffield
Tap
Bluford plans $290,000 municipal gas system
Bluford village adopts an ordinance authorizing the acquisition and construction of a municipal gas public utility with $290,000 in gas public certificates payable from utility revenues. The system will be secured by mortgage on the utility property. Construction is expected to start this summer.
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Markham City
Keenes
Bluford
Mt. Vernon
Jones
Weather Shatters States From District to California Storm
The storm paralyzed transportation across Washington District of Columbia and Maryland with 12 to 18 inches of snow and drifts to seven feet. Delaware Virginia reported states of emergency and heavy snowfall. West Virginia Georgia New York saw closings and freezing conditions. California faced freak storm with rain hail thunder and snow in parts of the south.
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Maryland
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Friendship International
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Georgia
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Midwest
Chicago
California
Los Angeles
Wall Street Mixed on News of Vietnam Air Strikes
Strong in aerospace and defense stocks lifted markets after news of resumed U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. The Dow rose 1.67 to 987.02 at noon while the AP average slipped 0.1 to 368.2. American Motors jumped on Evans buys, while American Telephone and Sears fell to recent lows amid rate investigation and weak trading.
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U.S
North
Viet Nam
Wall Street
Johnson
Associated Press
Dow Jones
American Motors
Detroit
Robert B. Evans
Markets Mt. Vernon Grain Prices
Mt. Vernon quoted afternoon grain prices with Wheat at 1.65 Soybeans 2.74 Shell Corn 1.24 Ear Corn 1.21.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Update
Prices paid until 12:50 pm today show a Tec increase with 200 to 220 lb hogs at 28.75. Sows rise to 25 for 300 lb, sows 300 lb and over at 4.00, boars at 18.00 to 18.50. After 12:30 pm prices shift to next day basis.
Chicago Produce and Market Prices Report
Chicago wholesale prices for live poultry show little change with roasters at 23 to 25 cents per pound and special fed fryers at 21 to 22 cents. Butter at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange steady to higher with AA 93, A 92, B 90, and other grades. Eggs rise 1 to 3 cents with A whites 43 cents, mixed 43, standards 37, dirties not quoted.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain Prices Reported By AP
Chicago market notes wheat and corn prices with multiple grain grades listed for No. 2 hard and soft red wheat, No. 2 yellow corn, No. 3 and 4 yellow, oats, and soybeans, including soybean oil. Prices shown in cents per bushel or pound as applicable.
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Chicago
Livestock Receipts At National Stockyards Reported
Estimated Tuesday receipts at National Stockyards Ti include hogs 7000 cattle 3500 calves 200 sheep 700. Hog prices 190 to 240 pounds 29.00 to 29.75, 350 to 650 pound sows 24.25 to 25.50. Cattle and calves with good to choice steers 24.00 to 27.23, good to choice heifers 22.50 to 26.50, cows 16.50 to 18.00, good to choice vealers 26.00 to 38.00, choice calves 22.00 to 23.00. Sheep 500 with good to choice wooled lambs 27.00 to 29.50, ewes 5.00 to 9.00.
St Louis Produce Egg and poultry prices listed
St Louis AP reports consumer egg grades A large 40-42 A medium 37-39 small 34-36 and B large 33-35. Wholesale standards 34-36 unclassified 26-14? checks 22-24 hens heavy 19-20 light over 5 lbs 12-13 under 5 lbs 7 broilers and fryers 20-22 percent.
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ST. Louis
Skasick Named Agency Manager for Jefferson County
Swle E. Skasick a Country Companies agent in DeKalb county is appointed agency manager of the Jefferson county agency effective February 1. He joined the company in January 1965 after 18 years in life insurance. Vern Bond, long time agency manager in Jefferson, remains as special agent. The Skasicks plan to move to Mt. Vernon and have a 1 year old son Steven. Skasick served in the U S Navy during World War II and is active in Elks American Legion and VFW. He is a Life Underwriter Training Council instructor and graduate. Bond began with Country Companies in 1950 and will focus on estate, business, and commercial underwriting.
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Swle E. Skasick
Country Companies
DeKalb County
Jefferson County
Vern Bond
Skasick
Katherine
Steven
Skkasick
Centralia
U. S. Navy
The
Elks
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Federation Church
Mt. Vernon
Life Underwriter Training Council
L.U.T.C
National Association of Life Underwriters
Bond
Edwards County
Pope County
L.ut.c
Life Insurance Agency Management Association
High Court To Hear Hoffa Case
The Supreme Court agreed to a limited review of James R. Hoffa's 1964 conviction on jury tampering. It will rule on whether government deception in placing a secret in a defendant’s quarters violated Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights enough to suppress evidence in a later trial on a different charge.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Weather delays Gursel Ankara trip to Washington
Turkish President Cemal Gursel, aged 72, delayed his departure for medical treatment in the United States until Wednesday due to bad weather, government sources said today. He was to fly by U S Air Force plane to Walter Reed Army Hospital.
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Ankaraa
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Washington
Gursel
U.S. Air Force
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Illinois Road Toll Rises With 14 Dead In Weekends Crashes
A string of weekend crashes across Illinois leaves 14 dead and several injured. Victims include Norman Rhodes 29 of Leland and Thomas Friel 24 of Chicago in a rural Sandwich crash. Raymond Rubink 19 and Michael Radakovich 18 of Lockport in a downtown collision. Milton Havern 60 of Chicago on the West Side. and others across Joliet, Ramsey, Calumet Park, Jersey County and Springfield. Injuries also reported in multiple accidents as authorities investigate the weekend toll.
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Ilinois
Sandwich
Norman Rhodes
Leland
Thomas Friel
Chicago
Nancy Jonson
Mary la Jeunese
Elmwood Park
Lockport
Raymond Rubinkc
Michael Radakovich
Milton E. Havern
West Side
August M. Fromm Jr
West Allis
Wis
Ramsey
Ann Co
Illinois
Roseville
Warren County
Corwin Boggs
Auburn
Lawrence McCuen
Springfield
East St. Louis
Michael Stanton
Fairfield
Stephen Carlson
Evanston
Sunset Ridge Road
Willow Road
Cook County
Marie Szynczk
Lake Villa
Winter Cold Triggers Water Lines Bursts And Fires
Chester Lewis reports water lines burst during the winter blast with cars’ radiators freezing and several fire alarms. A 7:42 pm blaze at Tom Cooper’s 1219 Westcott home started from an overheated flue, damaging kitchen and living room walls. An oil heater fire at Evan Curry’s 1700 South 14th caused no damage. The week’s low hit six below, with temperatures rising to 11 above and 17 above. Cloudy skies with a forecast of freezing rain or snow tonight and more snow tomorrow precede another cold snap.
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Chester Lewis
Vernon
Tom Cooper
Westcott
Evan Curry
South 14Th
Mt. Vernon
Rural Firemen On The Run Eight Weekend Alarms
Mt. Vernon rural firemen were on the run across two days in the coldest winter stretch, answering eight alarms. Saturday calls included a water pump house fire on the Fairfield Road, a rubbish fire threatening structures on Brownsville Road, and attic and ceiling damage from an overheated flue on Ashley Road. Sunday saw five more blazes including a shed and tools loss from a rubbish and grass fire near Bill Ross on U S Route 460, plus damages to an oil tank at Lawrence Poston on Brownsville Road and minor fires at Tolley home and Douglas Sign Co on Waltonville Road.
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Mt. Vernon
Paul Hanpeter
Fairfield Road
Gerald Chesley
Brownsville Road
Wesley Ackley
Ashley Road
Bill Ross
Lawrence Poston
Brownsville
Lawrence Tolley
Fisher's Lane
Douglas Sign Co
Waltonville Road
Resigning Pastor Takes Post in Indiana Church
Rev. William P. Seibert resigns Sunday as pastor of First Church of God at 1116 South 15th Street after three and a half years. He and his wife plan to move to Anderson, Indiana on February 1 where he will lead Lindell Lane Church of God. He serves as editor for Vital Christianity and writes for Warner Press publications. Seibert previously pastored Blue Mound Church of God in Illinois.
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Wm. P. Seibert
Church of God
Restans
William P. Seibert
First Church of God
South 15Th Street
Seibert
Cheryl
Mt. Vernon High School
Anderson
Indiana
Billy
U. S. Navy
U. S
Lindell Lane
Driver Cited In Accident At Oakland and Kensington
Mt. Vernon police cited Richard W. Flint 18 of 320 North 6th for alleged failure to yield right of way after a collision with Harold Wicks 52 of Route 1 at Oakland and Kensington around 9 30 a m yesterday.
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Mt. Vernon
Oakland
Kensington
Richard W. Flint
North 6Th
Flint
Harold Wicks
Route 1
Krebiozen Verdict Held Up Juror III
In Chicago federal court the Krebiozen case reached its ninth month with acquittals delayed until four days after deliberations began. Jurors deliberated three hours before lunch, then returned as Mrs. Clark suffered an asthma attack. Dr Ivy and Marko Durovic attended. Ivy, ex University of Illinois VP and physiologist, hailed the acquittals and urged a government sponsored committee to evaluate Kre biozen. The government calls Kre biozen a fraud while supporters claim anticancer properties from horse blood serum.
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Chicago
Federal Court
Clark
Ivy
Marko Durovic
University of Illinois
Krebiozen
Gas Output Record Set in Mt Vernon Cold Spell
Mt Vernon set a new all time gas consumption peak during the cold weekend as Illinois Power Co manager Fred Kinsey reported. Friday area output reached 76,285,000 cubic feet, rising to 85,854,000 on Saturday. Illinois Power system total hit 437,664,000 cubic feet Friday and 500,479,000 Saturday, surpassing last winter by about 115,000,000. The utility drew from Hookdale Freeburg Tilden and Gillespie storage fields to meet demand.
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Mt. Vernon
Fred Kinsey
Illinois Power Co
Kinsey
Illinois Power
Hookdale
Freeburg
Tilden
Gillespie
Mt. Vernon police probe burglary at home
Mt Vernon police investigated a Sunday morning break in at the home of Mrs. Edna Casey 1726 as she was away. A rear door was forced open with a tire tool. loss amount was not yet determined.
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Mt. Vernon
Edna Casey
Edwards elected assistant director of Southern Illinois NAACP
Charles Edwards, president of the Jefferson County NAACP, was elected assistant director of the Southern Illinois Region at a regional meeting. He will attend a state meeting in Springfield, Illinois, in mid February.
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Southern Illinois
Charles Edwards
Jefferson County
Springfield
Ill
Two Fire Alarms Answered In Mt Vernon Morning
Mt Vernon firemen responded to two alarms this morning. At 9 45 a m a blow torch used for repairs sparked an explosion at Mrs Arlie Nance 818 South 19th Street with no injuries. At 8 50 a m hot smoke from a dry stoker prompted a call to Mrs Adah Sayer 229 South 18th Street. A trash fire at 28th and Fishers Lane was extinguished at 1 35 p m Sunday. At 4 15 p m Saturday grease flared in a pan at Winston Browning 1809 Casey causing slight smoke in oven and kitchen.
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Mt. Vernon
Arlie Nance
South 19Th
Adah Sayer
South 18Th
Fisher's Lane
Winston Browning
Casey
Car Overturns South Of Here
A car driven by David Williams, 17, Ina, overturned about 1:30 p m yesterday at the intersection of Highways 37 and Interstate 37. The driver escaped injury. The incident occurred between Mt Vernon and Bonnie. Traffic fines in circuit court included James Leslie Gi Detroit Mich 100 on driving while intoxicated and Robert P Willis Grand Park Ill 10 on speeding.
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David Williams
Ina
Mt.Vernon
Bonnie
James Leslie Gi
Detroit
Mich
Robert P. Willis
Grand Park
Ill
First 66 Road Projects in State Bids Highlight Mt Vernon Omission
The Mountain Vernon area received little work in the initial 1966 statewide highway bidding. Only weed spraying projects listed for Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin, Wayne, Marion and White counties, totaling 5,222 dollars by Woodbury Chemical Co. of St. Joseph, Missouri. Other low bids emerged on Interstate 57 projects across several counties, including Union, Pulaski, Iroquois, Coles and Cook, with contractors such as Federal Landscaping Co., General Paving Co., and Orr Construction Co. winning against competitive bids for landscaping, paving, earth grading and a grade separation structure near Floosmoor.
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Mt. Vernon
Springfield
Jefferson
Hamilton
Franklin
Wayne
Marion
White
Woodbury Chemical Co
St. Joseph
Upstate
Here
Union County
Anna
Federal Landscaping Co
Harrisburg
Union-Pulaski
Dongola
Iroquois County
Clifton
General Paving Co., Inc
Champaign
Cole
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
Admitted at Jefferson Memorial are Bernadine Hill Mo Gaha Earl Theodore Russell and Wendall Winegartner. Discharged include Peggy Ann Wink ler Ernest Lee Moore Fred Taylor Earl Theodore Russell Mrs Martha Opal Ellis and baby Bruce Patrick. Good Samaritan shows many admitted and discharged patients including Billy G Webber Ralph E Smith Steven Wayne Lyons and others.
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Bernadine Hill Mo Gaha
Earl Theodore Russell
Wendall Winegartner
Peggy Ann Winkler
Ernest Lee Moore
Fred Taylor
Martha Opal Ellis
Bruce Patrick
Billy G. Webber
Ralph E. Smith
Steven Wayne Lyons
Ota Elizabeth Duncan
Marc Jake Beal
Jennie Dycus
Jennie Ethel Bumpus
Ryan de- Allen Peoples
Paul David Hurst
Charles Lewis Lyons III
Carlene Grace Hicks
Berenetta Elinor Clark
Shirley Jean Chandler
Joseph Hale Blanton
Columbus Eggleston
Lula Summers
Norma G. Brock
Herschel Owen Orr
Karen Elaine Sledge
Jeffrey Faron
Donna Ann Green
Kevin Wayne
Mildred Vernetta Mays
William G. Spitelle
Beulah Ella Mae Cox
Hallie F. Lewis
Charles Jackson Gossage
Shirley Jean Pettit
Minnie Florence Shelton
Dell Elizabeth Nowland
Wanda Colleen Wagner
Linda Michelle Darnell
Flossie Loretta Garrison
Cora Almeda Hutcherafts
Shelvin Jean Jones
Debra Jo Winemiller
Lula Mae Johnson
Walter L. Douglas
Annie Lucille Rankin
Cora Beatrice Johnson
Marriage Licenses Granted In Local Applications
Robert Deneen Storment 21 of 814 South 21st Street and Mary Ellen Sutton 17 of 609 Opdyke. Kenneth W. West 23 of Rolla Missouri and Peggy Humphrey 16 of 620 North Street. Fay Keith Smith 25 of Farina and Sandra D. Fitzgerald 23 of Centralia. Jerry Lee Middleton 23 of Flora and Vicky Lynn French 18 of Keenes. Robert W. Crooks Jr 26 of 613 South 16th and Sarah Lou Wilson 19 of Route 7 Mt. Vernon. Joseph Paul Hoge 18 of Chanahon IL and Eva Crenshaw 49 of 26 George Street. Wayne Prather 18 and Marc Vissa Proctor 18 both of Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Deneen Storment
South 21St Street
Mary Ellen Sutton
Opdyke
Kenneth W. West
Rolla
Peggy Humphrey
North Street
Fay Keith Smith
Farina
Sandra D. Fitzgerald
Centralia
Jerry Lee Middleton
Flora
Vicky Lynn French
Keenes
Robert W. Crooks, Jr
South 16Th
Sarah Lou Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Joseph Paul Hoge
Chanenahon
Eva Crenshaw
George Street
Wayne Prather
Marc Vissa Proctor
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